Have a slice.

For all of you perceiving the GLDT as too vast, there is a useful new feature in the just released version 0.2 of gnuclad: slicing subtrees out of the whole cladogram.
Here is a small demonstration on Debian, Slackware and Red Hat.

On a related note, the new release also offers to scan files and directories, as seen with the GLDT folder or, as a larger example, gnuclad’s own hierarchy.

GNU/Linux distro timeline 10.7

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  • Added 10 distros (total 270): Canaima, Damn Vulnerable Linux, Lubuntu, Macpup, Openfiler, openmamba, SliTaz, SMS, Tiny SliTaz, QiLinux
  • Fixed: GoblinX renamed to Imagineos
  • Improved infobox: bigger Tux! (with GNU)
  • Improved logos: now using icon field instead of including external images
  • Contributors: Pascal Bellard, Gardouille, Jason Porter and Flamel Canto
  • Works best with gnuclad 0.2 (experimental)

GNU/Linux distro timeline 10.6

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  • Discontinued distros: Maemo, Moblin
  • Continued: aLinux
  • Added 10 distros (total 260): HostGIS, Inquisitor, Maemo, MeeGo, MoLinux, NuTyX, Qimo, STUX, UHU, Ylmf
  • Fixed: Tiny Core (10 year facelift), KateOS (originally Slackware based)
  • Contributor: Paulo
  • Works best with gnuclad 0.2 (experimental)

Contribute and get updates

Apart from being able to download the source files (from the tarball) and make your own version with the help of gnuclad, you can now with ease contribute to the GLDT project by submitting new distributions – or suggest changes – by using this form.

Also, we now have an RSS feed for updates.

GNU/Linux distro timeline 10.5

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  • Added 10 distros (total 250): ASLinux, Best, Danix, Independence, Maemo, Mamona, Midori, Moblin, Quirky, wattOS
  • Added Connectors: Debian->CrunchBang, Debian->MEPIS
  • Contributors: Kenneth Rohde Christiansen, Kevin Vesga and Jim Trocki
  • Works best with gnuclad 0.2 (experimental)

100.000 visitors

Today we celebrate passing 100.000 visitors to the site since we started publishing the timeline here (i.e. no longer on kde-look.org). Hooray!

GNU/Linux distro timeline 10.4

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  • Added 10 distros (total 240): DeadCD, Dizinha, Dragora, Metamorphose, NeoDizinha, Netrunner, Omoikane (ARMA), QubesOS, Salix, VortexBox
  • Fixed: sidux (lowercase)
  • Works best with gnuclad 0.2 (experimental)

GNU/Linux distro timeline 10.3

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  • Added 12 distros (total 230): ASP, Calculate, CERN, Demolinux, Element, Epidemic, Fermi, Igelle, IPFire, Paldo, Resulinux, T2
  • Contributors: John G. Ruff, Franck Quélain, Norbert Cartagena, Luciano Andress Martini, Joko Keuschnig and René Rebe
  • Cleaned up source code of included SVG images and CSV spreasheet
  • Works best with gnuclad 0.1

Introducing gnuclad

Donjan Rodic has released a cladogram tree generator named gnuclad – check this cool project out. With the use of his new tool he has completed version 10.2 of the GNU/Linux distro timeline!

Note how the svg version now has links to the corresponding distributions. Open it in your favorite svg-friendly web browser and click the labels – voilà.

GNU/Linux distro timeline 10.2

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  • First release using gnuclad.
  • New database: CSV spreadsheet + conf file.
  • Improved SUSE derivates.
  • Added a few distros.
  • Lots of small corrections.